IN IN IN! Lorenzo totally has a point. Where else could something like this be worn? Of course the silhouette is different, but from the front with her hand on her hip like that, she looks great. Hair and makeup looks good and much better than it has been looking. I totally wish I could see this in person. I bet the dress looks exquisite.

Sobaika Mirza

I agree for the most part with everything you just said, I just wish she hadn’t chosen something so… Florence. It’s the big sister of practically every other gown she’s ever worn. Neutral-feather-tulle-McQueen-dreamy-thing.

chill85

Yayy, thank you! I don’t dislike it because it’s over-the-top—–in fact, I think the dress is super-fabulous. But that length is not working for her at all. The whole midsection needs to be shorter so the hem is hiked up to where it is on the model and so her torso doesn’t look twice as long as her legs.

makeityourself

That was my first thought. She either needs 6″ more of legs, or they should have shortened the whole thing. But to do that, you would have to start altering from the shoulder, and there was no way they were going to remake the entire dress. It would be easier to have leg-lengthening surgery.

Hence the awkward length. But kudos for attempting it. It’s a hell of a lot better than another requisite strapless, swirly twisted fabric gown with a mermaid tail.

Zippypie

Out – it’s a fantasy of the toilet paper covers my grandmother used to crochet. I also am tired of seeing her in this non-color. It does nothing for her skin or facial features.

It’s the sleeve part I question, but you know what? That looks like the most fun she’s had with her clothing in ages. And looking at the dress, I have to wonder, if not Flo at the Met Ball, then who and where?

No, it’s a pretty ideal combination of girl, dress, and occasion. IN.

3boysful

I agree. While the.color isn’t the most flattering, she looks clean, made-up, and pretty put together. IN.

Jasmaree

IN. I was with Tom until I saw the picture where she twirled. It’s perfect for her, even if it’s a little ridiculous.

This. I don’t know who this Florence Welch is, so I don’t have the backup story. And so, this joke of a dress looks just like that to me. You can say a stack of lampshades or a walking Christmas tree in nude color. It’s just awful. Good choice in shoes, though.

I am allll for the over the top gowns at the met gala, and I am a bit disappointed not as many stars wore over the top gowns, but this does not look good on her at all. OUT. It looks better from the back though, i dont like the length of this on her, if it had one more layer at the bottom itd be better.

I am allll for the over the top gowns at the met gala, and I am a bit disappointed not as many stars wore over the top gowns, but this does not look good on her at all. OUT. It looks better from the back though, i dont like the length of this on her, if it had one more layer at the bottom itd be better.

SpcilK

Peter, Paul, and Mary that is a cupcake wrapper on steroids. She looks like something from the “Fifth Element.

NurseEllen

(to the tune of “Uptown Girl”)—-Cupcake Girl! And I still vote IN.

SpcilK

Peter, Paul, and Mary that is a cupcake wrapper on steroids. She looks like something from the “Fifth Element.

At least she had enough sense to take the collar off. But still… this is ugo. OUT.

Anna Tree

loathe her. OUT

Anna Tree

loathe her. OUT

BeeBeauNYC

OUT – it’s too much, even for the Met Gala, and that color is just not working for me. At least she didn’t go with the clown collar, which would have been completely cray cray.

BeeBeauNYC

OUT – it’s too much, even for the Met Gala, and that color is just not working for me. At least she didn’t go with the clown collar, which would have been completely cray cray.

Rachel Levine

IN. Lorenzo is completely right, this is the MET gala. I wish more people had stuff like this year. It seemed kind of lackluster.

JDreesen

^THIS! who knew i’d be the sentimental type, but WHERE. HAVE. ALL. THE. CRAZY. GOWNS. GONE. true, there were a few sprinkled in here and there, but this dress makes me nostalgic for prior years’ Met Gala posts. *sigh*

IN.

Rachel Levine

IN. Lorenzo is completely right, this is the MET gala. I wish more people had stuff like this year. It seemed kind of lackluster.

Matt Bailer

This like one of those dresses that would usually wear the wearer, but Flo is wearing – and working – the shit out of that dress. IN IN IN!

karena10

Out. Its over the top, and perhaps a fantasy, but not in a good way. It does look like a stack of old frayed lampshades.

karena10

Out. Its over the top, and perhaps a fantasy, but not in a good way. It does look like a stack of old frayed lampshades.

Bless. It’s totally crazy and totally Florence at the same time. It’s a little scary but she’s pulling me to that place where I’m willing to accept an outfit on her just because it’s Florence. In, with giggles.

Bless. It’s totally crazy and totally Florence at the same time. It’s a little scary but she’s pulling me to that place where I’m willing to accept an outfit on her just because it’s Florence. In, with giggles.

hughman

Thank god she didn’t wear those McQueen glasses. Those would have made it look too realistic.

formerlyAnon

He has a point. In.

If only the front view matched the back & side views, I wouldn’t be saying this reluctantly. Back & side view are a lovely stack of lampshades, front view is an awkward stack of lampshades.

formerlyAnon

And P.s.: the sleeves are simply fabulous, hands down. They’d be great if the body of the dress were a simple (?) column.

marilyn

Out. No one should wear that. By the way, the shoes are horrible, but I don’t know what could be worn instead. McQueen’s clothes are generally odd. This is an extreme. I would expect someone in a stage show to wear this. How could she be talked into wearing it? It looks like a sheepdog costume that has been trimmed into tiers.

MilaXX

i think she really likes this. She was twirling around like a 3 year old hopped up on sugar.

She OWNS this wedding cake dress. No one else could, and this is the place to show it. IN.

formerlyAnon

And, btw, this spate of posts is leaving me feeling a tad fatigued – you two must be exhausted! Thank-you! Treat yourselves tonight.

Carleenml

IN!! My exact thought…cause if you can’t wear this here where the hell can you? (we are not speaking to you, oh women who wear sheer dresses and granny panties). And all the women who wore prom dresses should bow down to what it’s really all about.

I get what Lorenzo’s saying, but this still doesn’t work. I think it’s the length – either floor-length or mid-calf, but not ankle-length. OUT.

giiiirrrr

So so SO IN. The hair could have been better, but the dress is beyond incredible. Somewhere up in designer heaven Lee McQueen is totally loving this.

lizajane1776

It looks like those hobble dresses from the 1910’s.
Given that perspective, I guess it’s okay.
In. Reluctantly.
But for someone who is always covered up, she is mighty close to a titscrepency here. Did she have a cutting problem that her arms are always covered? If so, I hope she is past it.

kimmeister

At least there’s some joy to it, but it’s still hideous. OUT. Kinda dig the hair on her though.

Carol Emmet

OUT. Awful. Cringeworthy. Pointing and laughing was the accurate first reaction. Hate her lipstick, her hair looks blah, and she looks stumpy and redonkulous overall. In a zillion years she will never be able to “own” things the way La Blanchett can, or The Swinton (say, where were THOSE two?).

it’s a beautiful dress & it only looks silly when she’s spinning around & fiddling w/ the sleeves, which seems to make her happy & she tends to look better when she looks happy. so, you know, i’m definitely one for the yes, indeedy, i like it column.

IN. For the reasons already mentioned of Lo totally having the point that this is the Met Ball and that this is pretty much a dress that only Florence can even think of pulling off.

Melanie Harrison

In! He totally has a point. 🙂

alyce1213

OUT.

Dear Florence: If you’re going all the way with an over-the-top couture gown at the Met Ball, DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR FUCKING HAIR ALREADY!
It looks like that’s how she showed up to try it on. And didn’t have the boob part adjusted for her.

No, she is not pulling off this look.

Kyle Crawford

HELL YES! Put the neck ruffle back on.. THIS is the place for all of this… The sleek little CK and RL dresses looked out of place…

I don’t even like her, which makes me predisposed to hating everything she wears, but I love this look.

choco

yes!! I agree with Lo. It’s Florence and she’s weird and it’s whimsical and its dramatic and it’s the met ball– the venue for drama. If her only mistake is dressing for the occasion and dressing like her chic weird self, I don’t understand why this wouldn’t be an IN

I think it’s one tier too long, or a smidgen too short. I hate that length with a passion. I kind of like the overall effect, but she’s got the wrong hair and silly matchy shoes. So reluctantly, I say OUT.

JMansm

IN. BEYOND. No discussion.

ballerinawithagun

IN! Florence rules. Love the side view.

Susan Crawford

Well, I have to say that I agree with Uncle Lorenzo: if you can’t be over the top at the Met Ball, for gawd’s sake, when CAN you be? So I’m going to say IN on this.

Does the dress look like something Bjork loaned out for the evening. Yes.
Does it bear a striking resemblance to the costume of a Romanian folk dancer? Yes.
Does Florence once again look like a 45-year-old understudy for the revival of Anna Christie? Yes.
Am I totally over milkmaid braids as hairband/tiaras? Yes.

But it still gets an IN. Just because.

j_anson

I didn’t like it in the first photo above… but I’ve decided I like it in all the others. IN!

beebee10

Oh, so IN. She looks amazingly fantastical!

petalfrog

In. She at least looked interesting compared to some other boring dresses out there. I think it’s very striking.

Haley Buchanan

IN. LOVE IT! I’m a huge McQueen fan, but I think a lot of it is really hard to pull off in any situation that remotely resembles real life. Flo at the Met Ball is the perfect situation to make McQueen WORK off of a runway. And I like that she obviously has a sense of the fact that this dress requires movement because, even in these stills, I can tell that she was moving it around. Weird, fantastical, hippy-dippy cool.

SatelliteAlice

In. He has a point AND that dress is so her that it works.

saanrio

IN. So, so, so IN. This is perfect and amazing. Besides, where ELSE do you wear something like that?

how dare you laugh at my faerie queen! you’d better watch out, T, she might be a bad faerie and turn you into a donkey.

IN. she looks much better in it than the model, who looks like an idiot.

rose88

She’s fabulous! She’s a Goddess! IN X 1,000,000,000!!!!!

In_Stitches

In certain shots, particularly ones where the bottom of the dress is cropped out, she looks truly fabulous, but then there are the shots where she looks like a gay christmas tree. Photography isn’t saving her today: OUT.

PastryGoddess

IN

Who else and where else would you wear this. She is owning this dress

texashistorian

HA HA HA! And an “in” because weird works. Don’t like the Heidi (as in the storybook Heidi) hair, but I hate that severe-Hun look on anyone.

Good for her! It may be both fabulous and ridiculous, but it’s also MCQUEEN It’s entirely event-appropropriate, so why the hell not? And she is a rock star, after all. Frankly, I’m surprised you even questioned it!

So very very out. But at least when she’s twirling she almost looks as young as she actually is.

Monabel

In, big sleeves are GOOD. Like the Heidi hair, too.

Julia McLean

She’s having fun, and isn’t that the point of fashion? IN

leah besson

in because of the met ball

jcolli69

IN because Lorenzo is right…could you ask for a more appropriate event to wear that frock? I feel the stagnation of photos is not doing that dress any favors, I’m sure it’s way more stunning in motion.

MarissaLG

Out. If anyone could pull this off it would be Flo, but even she couldn’t make this work.

altalinda

In for sure.

StrandedFashionista

I absolutely hated this dress on the runway, and I have to say she made it work. IN.

nannypoo

No. Laugh and point.

crash1212

IN. It’s a hoot and I love her hair…for once. So…IN…although she DOES look like a stack of lampshades…but in a good way.

Ok, I’ve had a 13 hour work and am on my 2nd glass of wine, so forgive me if I am the only one seeing this, but how is the ball and side of her foot not touching her shoe? It’s like her foot goes straight from the heel to her toes. Am I the only one seeing this?

In! I love it! Suits her coloring beautifully and her hair looks fanciful but elegant, just as it should with this kind of dress at this kind of event. She’s my favorite from the Met Gala!

CarolinLA

Out. It’s too subtle for her.

rainwood1

She’s too short for the dress so the proportions are off. It looks much better on the model.

ccm800

OUT but he has a point. Her hair is wrong wrong wrong with a piece like that.

a_liking

In. A little crazy, but she’s working it.

Lisa_Cop

OUT! The dress look like A ball of confetti. And OMG that deep red Heidi hair so does not go with it. A little more polished make-up also would have been nice. Finally, the sandals seem too dainty emphasizing the confettiness of the dress. Sorry Flo but NO

ChristySchiff

In. This is her dress (ad clearly no one else’s) and this is the place for it. So glad she took tha neck ruff off. That would have just been one ruffle too many.

I’ll admit, I immediately thought “Christmas Angel”, and to be fair, I hate most of that collection, but she’s still working it like it owes her money, and for wearing it in the right attitude, I’ll give her an IN.

IN!!! He definitely has a point! This is the type of dress I look for at the Met Gala – get those starlets and their fuschia mermaid gowns off the stage please and get me some more of this. What a fabulous piece of art she is wearing – love it!

Aurumgirl

I know it’s a McQueen but essentially Florence went to the Met dressed as a Christmas tree. Stumpy and sparkly, and loaded down with thousands of tiny tassel ornaments. And a garland barely covering her nipples.

She looked closest to couture/avant garde/over-the-top fantasy of anyone there (whose picture was in the media that I saw).
I thought it was fabulous; it was SO Florence, so over-the-top, and so very perfect for the event.
I loved it–definitely the one gown that made go “oh yeah, that’s perfect!”

Cate Blanchett, Chloe Sevigny, Elizabeth Banks, Karolina Kurkova, Rooney Mara, China Chow, Carey Mulligan, and Victoria Justice–who I know did nothing for TLo–in that order were ones that I thought fit the bill well, too.Most of the rest looked like Oscar gowns.The one Top Shop tweaked my chain. This is the event to go wild and/or extravagant with your dressing (or so classically and elegantly you)–not the time for pretty and safe.

I LOVE this on her. Because it IS the Met Ball and this is the sort of elegant-meets-whackadoo that suits Miss Welch so well. And it is McQueen. Seriously though, who else could wear this dress in real life other than her?

RebeccaKW

In. This would look ridiculous on Jennifer Aniston, but it’s like it was made for Florence. And I agree with Lo, where else could you wear something like this? However, I really don’t like the shoes, and I kind of wish it was a tad shorter, like on the model. But she doesn’t look as tired as she has been.

IN. she looks more like herself than she has in a while here, plus looking perhaps not as morose.

Lizzyisi

Seriously! I think this is the only time I’ve seen her on a fashion blog not looking dour, angry or resentful–which goes a long way toward making this dress fanciful rather than just a lot of uncomfortable-looking fluff.

The color is prettier under the runway lights and the length is *much* better on the runway model, but over all, I give it an IN because it’s swishy, fanciful, over-the-top and seems to have done the impossible of making this young woman feel happy about something.

mochajava13

OUT. She looks like a gold/silver Christmas tree.

Cathy S

I like it. I hate the shoes and the part around the bust is a little weird but she’s pulling it off beautifully. In.

howdoilook

I say IN. If there were ever a place off-runway to wear this baby, she nailed it.

I gasped out loud when I saw this dress on her. However, I really love it on her. She has a tendency to look schoolmarmish with some of her clothing choices. This is cheeky, flirty and fun. Perfect occasion for this. IN.

I suppose if you look at it that way, sure, she looks awesome, but I can’t help but notice how smushed her boobs look in that thing.
On the other hand, good to see that she has embraced the concept of flattering makeup. Nicely done.

I don’t like the dress. It looks like a Christmas tree that has seen too many Christmases.

Sweetvegan

IN! OK, the dress is a weird length on her because she’s shorter than the model. It’s a weird length on the model, too. It either needs to be floor-length or just above the knee. But overall, IN!!!

butter nut

INbut. she looks like an ass clown. seriously. stick a red nose on her face & shove some balloons in her hand to complete the styling. that being said, someone had to wear that shitty clown dress eventually. so i guess she’s the girl & this was the day. i just hope the next time she gravitates towards some sparkled pagliacci-bozo gown, she remembers that she’s a redhead.

Isabelle Murray

If it were in a different context, my answer could be different. But, in this case, I’ll vote in.

up with pod people

In because of

A) context
B) the fact she seems to be swirling around like a little girl in princess dressup. Charming.

EEKstl

IN, I must have just swallowed some Crazy Pills, but IN! God love her.

It’s totally fucking weird, but this is the Right Place and the Right Lady to wear it.

Get down with your fluffy tea-cozy self, Florence.

Carlodog

OUT. All those layers of fabric and I’m still worried about a nip slip.

Emily Scott

IN. Even before I scrolled down, I thought, “It’s the Met for heaven’s sake. Where else could you wear that?” Plus, she totally knows how to pose and move in it.

jw_ny

IN. It’s so over the top fantastical…it must be IN.

There are almost no other celebs that can wear such a gown…she has the personality and image that can carry/pull it off, and this is the right event for it. The twirling…doesn’t look so fab (rather silly), but the last shot..she’s killin it!

ChaquitaPhilly

YES. It IS truly crazy but it WORKS! I know it’s totally wrong but for me it really looks great on her and very appropriate for the Occasion.